Public health alert: FDA says more cinnamon products linked to dangerous lead levels

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/17 5:47A Scripps News Group

A large-scale public health alert regarding ground cinnamon products has been expanded to include four additional spice brands because of dangerously elevated lead levels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week that it found...

Los Angeles County reports first local case of more severe mpox strain

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/17 4:31A Scripps News Group

Health officials have confirmed Los Angeles Countys first case of the more severe clade I mpox strain in an adult who had not recently traveled to areas where the virus typically circulates. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said...

California to begin selling affordable state-branded insulin beginning next year

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/17 4:15A AP via Scripps News Group

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices. But California...

America’s obesity problem just saw a plot twist

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/17 3:37A AP via Scripps News Group

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America's epidemic of excess weight might be improving. But cuts to federal staff and programs that address...

Living longer, but not prepared: Study warns of aging challenges

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/16 7:08A Justin Boggs

As a growing number of Americans enter retirement, newly released data shows many are not financially prepared to live long lives. Data from John Hancock and MIT AgeLab shows the number of Americans who will reach age 60 will double by 2050 and...

New York confirms first local mosquito-borne chikungunya case

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/15 4:57A Scripps News Group

New York health officials say a person who tested positive for the chikungunya virus acquired it locally, the first such case reported in the U.S. since 2019. Chikungunya is spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. Officials...

NFL uses AI to predict injuries, aiming to keep players healthier

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/14 6:06A AP via Scripps News Group

Injuries are an inevitable part of the NFL with all the high-speed collisions, crushing hits and high exertion necessary on every play. Success each season often comes down to which teams can be the healthiest at the end and a string of injuries...

California to ban ultraprocessed foods in schools under first-in-the-nation law

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/9 4:33A AP via Scripps News Group

California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law seeks to define ultraprocessed foods, the often super-tasty products...

Walmart to remove dozens of synthetic dyes, ingredients from Great Value and other store brands

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/2 6:36A Scripps News Group

Walmart says it is moving to eliminate dozens of dyes and other ingredients from its U.S. private brand food products. The Arkansas-based retailer announced Wednesday that it plans to remove synthetic dyes as well as 30 other ingredients...

It's time to get a flu vaccination. Here's who needs one and why

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/2 4:54A AP via Scripps News Group

It's time to get a flu vaccine, and pediatricians are urging people to get them after last winter, when the U.S. saw the most flu-related child deaths in 15 years. October is the ideal month to get protected, experts say, because flu cases...

Uncrustables adds high-protein sandwiches to its lineup

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/1 7:16A Scripps News Group

The latest brand to take on the protein craze: Uncrustables. The popular frozen sandwich brand has added two new high-protein varieties with 12 grams of protein per serving, targeting health-conscious consumers seeking convenient on-the-go...

End of health care subsidy could hit red states hard, KFF warns

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 10/1 6:39A Justin Boggs

As Democrats cite changes to health care policy as their reason for not keeping the government funded, a new analysis from KFF shows how much more some Americans will pay for insurance premiums. Those who use Affordable Care Act-subsidized plans...

Gunman who killed 4 in July shooting in Manhattan had CTE, medical examiner says

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/26 9:01A Scripps News Group

The gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building in July was affected by Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, medical officials say. "Following a thorough assessment and extensive analysis by our neuropathology experts, OCME...

GM building near Detroit remains closed after employees test positive for Legionnaires' Disease

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/26 8:45A Scripps News Group

A General Motors engineering building near Detroit will be closed for the rest of the week after two employees tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, and the company continues to try and rid the building of any illness, a GM spokesperson...

Parents' unlocked, loaded firearms common in youth suicide cases, study finds

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/26 8:34A Justin Boggs

In a new study to be presented this week, most children and teens who died by firearm suicide used a gun owned by a parent. The study was conducted by Dr. Sofia Chaudhary of Emory University and Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, using Centers for...